IEEE 1394 1394 - Births. March 4 - Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of exploration (died 1460) July 12 - Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (died 1441) November 24 - Charles, duc d'Orléans, French poet (died 1465) December 10 - King James I of Scotland (d. 1437) Ulugh Beg, Turkish ruler and astronomer (died 1449) Cymburgis of Masovia, Duchess of Austria Ikkyu, Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and poet (died 148 ...

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1404 - Events. June 14 - Owain Glyndwr of Wales allies with the French against the English and Henry Bolingbroke. Later he gains control of his country, declares himself Prince of Wales, and holds a parliament. Founding of the University of Turin. 1404 - Births. February 9 - Constantine XI, last Byzantine Emperor (died 1453) February 14 - Leone Battista Alberti, Italian painter, poet, and philosopher (died 1472) March 25 (baptism) - ...

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August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). There are 127 days remaining. August 26 - Events. 55 BC - Julius Caesar invades Britain 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Empire at Manzikert 1278 - Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolph I of Germany defeat Premysl Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle of Marchfield near Dürnkrut in Moravia. 1346 - Hundred Years' War: The militar ...

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John Wycliffe (also Wyclif, Wycliff, or Wickliffe) (c.1320 – December 31, 1384) was an English theologian and early proponent of reform in the Roman Catholic Church during the 14th century. He made an English translation of the Bible in one complete edition and is considered a precursor of the Protestant Reformation. Wycliffe was born at Ipreswell (modern Hipswell), Yorkshire, England, between 1320 and 1330 and died at Lutterworth (near Leicester) in 1384. Wycliffe also lived during the black plague. < ...

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1380s - Events and Trends. The Western Schism continues with Pope Urban VI and Avignon Pope Clement VII each considered by some to be the Pope. Richard II reigns in England and Charles VI reigns in France. Geoffrey Chaucer begins work on The Canterbury Tales A civil war in the Scandinavian part of Sweden brought unrest to Finland, too. As part of the Hundred Years War, the island of Jersey was attacked many times and was even occupied for a couple of years. Many ...

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1380 - Events. September 8 - Battle of Kulikovo - Russian forces under Grand Prince Dmitri Ivanovich of Moscow defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols (the Golden Horde), stopping their advance at Kulikovo. September 16 - Charles V of France dies and is succeeded by his son Charles VI. Haakon VI of Norway dies and is succeeded by his son Olaf III of Denmark as Olaf IV of Norway. Iceland, as a part of Norway passes under the Danish crown. Including:

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1329 - Events. Antipope Nicholas V is excommunicated by Pope John XXII. Aimone of Savoy becomes Count of Savoy. Construction begins on the cathedral of Frombork, Poland. Amberg, Germany passes to the Wittelsbach family. Michael of Cesena is deposed as General of the Franciscans. Stefan Dusan defeats the Bosnian ban Stephen II Kotromanić. Wiesbaden is granted the right of coinage by Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor. David II becomes King of Scotland ...

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1346 - Births. Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel (died 1397) Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (died 1361) Eustache Deschamps, French poet (died 1405) John I, Duke of Lorraine (died 1390) 1346 - Deaths. August 26 - Killed in the Battle of Crécy: Charles II of Alençon (b. 1297) Louis I of Flanders (born 1304) John I, Count of Luxemburg (born 1296) Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (born 1320) Including:

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Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century Decades: 1310s 1320s 1330s 1340s 1350s - 1360s - 1370s 1380s 1390s 1400s 1410s Years: 1357 1358 1359 1360 1361 - 1362 - 1363 1364 1365 1366 1367 See also: 1362 state leaders 1362 - Events. January 16 - The "Grote Mandrenke" storm tide strikes Holland, England, Germany and Denmark destroying the city of Rungholt in Nordfriesland, Germany. Under Edward III, English replaces French as En ...

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1370 - Events. Beginning of the rule of Poland by Capet-Anjou family. May 24 - The Treaty of Stralsund ends the war between Denmark and the Hanseatic League. 20 October - Philip of Anjou, Titular Emperor of Costantinoples, marries Elisabeth of Slavonia, daughter of Stephen, duke of Transylvania and Slavonia, and Margareta of Bavaria. Steel Crossbow first used as a weapon of war. Carthusian monks build the Charterhouse in London. Fortification of Xian City (Chang' ...

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Guan(ch 關, 関, 关) is a Chinese family name rendered in Cantonese as Kwan. Several English spellings also exist, such as Quan, Quon, Kwan and Kwon. Prominent people named Guan include: General Guan Yu (160-219 AD) Guan Ping, Guan Yu's son Guan Hanqing, playwright (ca 1241-1320) Michelle Kwan, figure skater (1980-) Ja

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Abu al-Fida (fully Abu Al-fida' Isma'il Ibn 'ali Al-malik Al-mu'ayyad 'imad Ad-din, also transliterated Abulfeda, Abu Alfida, and other ways) (November 1273 – October 27, 1331) was an Arab historian, geographer, and local sultan. Abu al-Fida - Life. Abulfeda was born at Damascus, where his father Malik ul-Afdal, brother of the prince of Hamah, had fled from the Mongols. He was a descendant of Ayyub, the father of Saladin. In his boyhood he devoted himself to the study o ...

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Surrounding but excluding the national capital Berlin, Brandenburg is one of Germany's sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). Lying in the east of the country, in its current form it is one of the new states created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam. Historically Brandenburg was an independent state which grew to become the core of modern Germany (see below). The state of Brandenburg was named after the town of Brandenburg (Slavic: Brennabor). Including:

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Yanyou (延祐 Yányòu) 1314-1320 Emperor Renzong of Yuan China was the 4th leader of the Yuan Dynasty to rule as Emperor of China and did so between 1311 and 1320. Renzong stood out among the Mongol rulers of China as an adopter of the culture of China. He had been mentored by Li Meng, a Confucian academic. To the displeasure of Mongol nobility he made many reforms - including the liquidation of the Department of State Affairs (resulting in the execution of 5 of the highest ranking officials). Starting in 1313 examinations we

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Białystok (pronounce: [bȋaːˈwɨstɔk] listen ▶ (help·info), Belarusian: Беласток, Biełastok, Lithuanian: Balstogė, Yiddish ביאַליסטאָק Byalistok is the largest city (pop. 291,300 in 2004) in north-eastern Poland and the capital of Podlasie Voivodship since 1999, previously o ...

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The Comtat Venaissin, often called the Comtat for short, is the former name of the region around the city of Avignon in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. It comprised roughly the area between the Rhône, the Durance and Mont Ventoux, with a small exclave located to the north around the town of Valréas. The entire region was an enclave within the Kingdom of France. Avignon itself was, however, never part of the Comtat but constituted a separate comtat (county) in its own ...

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Schwyz (German Schwyz) is a canton in central Switzerland between Lake Lucerne in the south and Lake Zurich in the north. In Schwyz, in the Museum of the Swiss Charters (Bundesbriefmuseum) the charter of 1291 is on display. North east of the town of Schwyz is the world-famous abbey of Einsiedeln. Brunnen is located on Lake Lucerne. Canton of Schwyz - Geography. The canton of Schwyz is located in central Switzerland. The river Sihl and the smaller Muota traverse the canton. ...

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Dukes of Silesia - Duchy of Wrocław. 1177/1195-1201 Boleslaus I the Long (Boleslaw I Wysoki) 1201-1238 Henry I the Bearded (Henryk I Brodaty) 1238-1241 Henry II the Pious (Henryk II Pobozny) 1241-1248 Boleslaus II the Bald (Boleslaw II Łysy Rogatka) 1248-1266 Henry III the White (Henryk III Biały) 1248-1270 Władislaus of Salzburg 1266/1270-1290 Henry IV the Righteous (Henryk IV Prawy (Probus)) 1270-1 ...

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The largest of these crusades, and the most involved in attacking Jews, was that led by Count Emicho. Setting off in the early summer of 1096, an army of around 10,000 men, women, and children proceeded through the Rhine valley, towards the Main River and then to the Danube. Emicho was joined by William the Carpenter and Drogo of Nesle, among others from the Rhineland, eastern France, Lorraine, Flanders, and even England. Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV, absent in southern Italy, ordered the Jews to be protected when he learned of Emicho' ...

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Evangelisti earned his degree in Political Science in 1976 with a historical-political thesis. He lives in Bologna, spending some time each year in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, where he owns a house. Until 1990 his career was mainly academic, working also for Italy’s Ministero of Finanze (Treasure’s Ministery). His first written works were historical essays, including five books and some forty articles. In 1993 he won the Urania Prize, instituted by Italy’s main science fiction magazine with the same name and mainly devoted to the ...

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The Polo name originally didn't belong to a family of explorers but to a family of traders. Marco Polo's father, Niccolò (also Nicolò in Venetian) and his uncle, Maffeo (also Maffio), were prosperous merchants who traded with the East. They were partners with a third brother, named Marco il vecchio (the Elder). In 1259, the two brothers lived in the Venetian quarter of Constantinople, where they enjoyed political privileges and tax relief because of their country’s role in establishing the Latin Empire in the Fourth ...

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